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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1959

Page

2

Mount Hope White Shriners Install 1959 60 Officers

Mount Hope event names 1959 60 officers of Jabal Alreja Shrine No. 6 White Shrine of Jerusalem. Highlights include Mrs Noe Williams as worthy high priestess and Clyde O Darlington as watchman of shepherds with a lengthy list of new officers and installing committees. Beckley and Montgomery Shrine attendees noted.

Jabal Abreja Shrine No. 6 White Shrine of Jerusalem Mt. Hope Tess Noel Williams Worthy High Clyde C. Darlington Shepherds Mount Hope Jabal Alreja Shrine No. 6 Order of the White Shrine of Worthy Jackie Pugh Frances Thompson Juanita Legg Worthy Herald Violet Ernest Laura Delph Ethel Samuels J. Ralph Taylor King Tom Twaddle Mary Tamplin Eva Cope Anna Strong Leslie Allie Amick Katherine Collins Fred Harless Robert Angove Maude Marshall Thelma Frye Maybelle Weaver Charles Reid Jane Lee Graham Zella Bishop Famine Richeson Lucy Wilkens Camma Bishop Bernadine E. Barnum Sophie Steplowski Marshall Jane Reed Nell Bannister Wiliams

Colcord Elementary plans fitness phase display Friday

Colcord Elementary School will stage a public demonstration of its physical fitness program this Friday highlighting end of year activities. The event showcases power, coordination, leg flexibility, balance, speed, endurance, agility, and body control through work play periods. A play titled If I Were Queen closes the program along with the fitness exercises featuring Brenda Fraley as Queen of the May and a flower chorus April shower girls butterflies and four leaf clover groups.

Colcord Colcord Elementary School Queeen Brenda Fraley Billy Beiler Robin Redbreast George Kincaid Froggie Zackie Karantonis Woodchuck Stevie

Area Residents Urged To Attend Fayetteville Book Exhibit

Mrs. T. S. Waldo urges Fayetteville residents to view a Books on Exhibit display at the Fayette County Board of Education Office. Six hundred new and recent books will be shown daily 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Appointments 6 to 8 p.m. via Alva H. Anderson. No books sold, orders not accepted.

Gauley Bridge Rns T. S. Waldo Board of Education Fayetteville Alva H. Anderson Fayette County Waldo

Rites for William Birchfield Incomplete

Funeral arrangements for 21 year old William Ross Birchfield remain incomplete. He died in a Charlottesville hospital from a head injury after a fall at his residence Friday. Survivors include three brothers and three sisters, with the body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle.

Imogene Bryant Geneva Ness Columbus Ohio Dreama Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle

Graley Funeral Set Wednesday

Aliie Graley, 80, died Monday after a long illness in Hill Top nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Toney Cemetery, Tony's Fork. He was a retired miner, member of Clear Creek Advent Church and United Mine Workers of America. Survivors include his wife Almer, two sons Ernest and Henry, two daughters Gracie Rollins and Daisy Stover, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Long Branch RNS Aliie Graley Tyree Funeral Home Ernest Barley Toney Tony's Fork Graley Hill Top Clear Creek Henry Gracie Rollins Daisy Stover Mulberry

Walkup Funeral Set Wednesday in Lewisburg

Lee Andrew Walkup 89 of Lewisburg will be laid to rest Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Lewisburg with Rev. Q R Arbogast and Rev. C H Martin officiating. Burial follows at Rosewood Cemetery. He died Monday at 4 p.m. of a heart attack. Survived by wife Jen nie Tuckwiller Walkup and brother Edward of Quinnimont. He was a retired farmer who had lived in Lewisburg 16 years.

Lewisburg RNS Lee Andrew Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Q. R. Arbogast C. H. Martin Rosewood Jennie Tuckwiller Edward Quinnimont Walkup

Funeral services for Dr Felix Yanowski in Athens

ATHENS RNS Funeral services for Dr Felix Yanowski 75 retired head of Concord College chemistry department will be conducted at Sea ver Mortuary Chapel Princeton at 10 a.m. Wednesday by Rev Robert Engle. Burial at Monte Vista Park. He died in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. He lived with Mr and Mrs F W Cooper for 36 years and in Athens for 3 years. Born near Charleston January 4 1884 he had no known survivors.

Athens Rns Felix Yanowski Seaver Mortuary Chapel Princeton Robert Engle Monte Vista Park Yanowski Concord College Bluefield F. W. Cooper Columbia University Charleston

Ralph A Gwinn Celebrates 13th Birthday at Meadow Bridge

Ralph Allen Gwinn observed his 13th birthday with a party hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Gwinn. Attending were Mike Romine Stanley Harrah Warren Thomas Butch Goddard Lovell Roach Gale Pomeroy Roger Patterson Glen Diehl Tommy Gwinn John Slayton June Fox Patty Gwinn and Frances Slayton.

Meadow Bridge BNS Ralph Gwinn Ralph Allen Gwinn Mike Romine Stanley Harrah Warren Thomas Butch Goddard Lovell Roach Gale Pomeroy Roger Patterson Glen Diehl Tommy Gwinn John Slayton June Fox Patty Gwinn Frances Slayton

Pre-School Enrollment Scheduled At Concord

Concord ANS reports preschool enrollment at Concord Elementary School on Thursday April 30 from 1 to 3 PM. Parents with children who will be six by Feb 1, 1960 should bring them. Mrs. Norma Thompson leads enrollment. bring birth certificates and immunization records for permanent records.

Concord ANS Concord Elementary Norma Thompson

Sycamore Builder's Club Holds Meeting

COLCORD RNS Sycamore Chapel hosted the April meeting of the Sycamore Builder's Club. Seventeen members attended and discussed hymn book purchases briefly with no decision on quantities or types. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Oscar Scarbro and Miss Betty Dillon to a long list of members.

Colcord Family Weekend Visit Noted

Roy Withrow, employed in Charleston, spent the weekend in Colcord with his wife Gladys and sons Charles Pete and Emmett.

Colcord RNS Roy Withrow Charleston Gladys Charles Pete Emmett

Ritasal touted as relief for arthritis and rheumatism

An advertisement promises lasting relief from arthritis rheumatism neuralgia and bursitis with Ritasal. It claims effectiveness in all weather and invites readers to send name and address to E. J. Martin in Ronceverte West Virginia for information.

E. J. Martin Ronceverte W. VA

Brenda Kennedy Feted On Eleven Birthday Party

Glen Jean RNS report honors Brenda Kay Kennedy on her 11th birthday at her parents home. Oak Hill guests include Lonnie Jones Johnny Ferri James Lively and Frank Gigha with many attendees from families listed. Refreshments and games followed the celebrations.

Glen Jean Fred Kennedy Brenda Kay Kennedy

Walter Hipes Rites Wednesday

Funeral services for Walter Harrison Hipes will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hines Baptist Church. Burial is in Wallace Cemetery near Clintonville. Hipes, 72, died Sunday night in the church from a heart attack. He was a retired coal miner of 50 years and held memberships in the UMWA Local 9108, Hines Baptist Church, Knights of Pythias Lodge 100, and Shiraz Temple No. 29 of DOOK Charleston. Born October 23, 1886 in Eagle Rock Virginia, he was son of the late Co. D. and Mary Sugar Hipes. Survivors include his wife Maggie Perry Hipes, three brothers, a sister, four daughters, a son, and 10 grandchildren. The body will be taken to his home and to the church an hour before services. KP Lodge members will conduct graveside rites.

Charmco RNS Walter Harrison Hipes Hines Baptist Church Robert Quesenberry Donald Fields Wallace Cemetery Clintonville Hipes Charmce Hines Mane Workers of America Knights of Pythias Lodge Shiraz Temple Dook of Charleston Eagle Rock Co. D Mary Sugar Hipes Maggie Perry Hipes W. E Greenville C. E Fincastle S. B. Hipes Scarbro Lilly Arrington Juanita Thurmond Windber Gladys Honaker Frances Ash Romius Mich Dorothy Hipes John W. Hipes Detroit Nickell Funeral Home KP Lodge

Holliday Rites Set Wednesday at Sacred Heart

Requiem High Mass for Franklin E. Holliday Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. Joseph Jamula as celebrant. Burial follows in St. Johns Cemetery Clintonville. Holliday, 64, Smoot, died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a member of East Rainelle Sacred Heart Church and survived by a large family including sons Clyde Richard and Kenneth. daughters Katherine Mona Celia. siblings Cora Coulter Estella Gray Dottie Aldridge Celestine Murphy Holliday. 1? grandchildren. Body at Nickel Funeral Home East Rainelle with Rosary at 6:30 p.m. today.

St. Johns Clintonville Holliday Smoot Beckley East Rainelle Sacred Heart Catholic Church Frank E. Holliday Celestine Murphy Holliday William of Marfrance Floyd Clarence Detroit, Mich Lawson Holliday Akron Ohio Cora Coulter Oak Hill Estella Gray Washington, D. C Dottie Aldridge Prince Cellie Wright Detroit Clyde Richard Kenneth Holliday Katherine Burdette Charmee Mona Bridges Cecelia Childers Crawley Nickel Funeral Home

Community Household Shower Honors Kale At Walker Home

A community household shower was held Thursday at the Alfred Walker residence honoring Mr and Mrs Eugene Kale. Attending were a list of local residents including Mrs Otis Stinell Mrs Verne Cook Mrs Otis Cook and several others from Quinwood and nearby communities. Also noted a visit to California by Miss Anna Nutter Berkley daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Nutter Quinwood during a two week vacation to Los Angeles and San Diego.

Oceana RNS Alfred Walker Eugene Kale Otis Stinell Verne Cook Otis Cook Roy Lester Bowen Cook Wint Mc-Kinney Don D. Cook Tom Fleenor Charlie Lewis Dean Lamb Harvey Pruitt Calif Quinwood Los Angeles San Diego Anna Nutter Berkley Leonard Nutter

Arthritis relief promise from patient seeking advice

A personal notice from Mrs. Lela S. Wier of Jackson Mississippi describes a history of Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatism and Bursitis and reports a return to active life after severe muscular pain. She offers free information and provides an address for correspondence at 2805 Arbor Hills Drive Jackson Z 15 P. O. Box 2695.

Lela S. Wier Arbor Hills Drive-Z P. O. Box Jackson Mississippi

Public Relations Theme Of Meeting At Concord College

Bluefield South Dunn Appalachian Power Bluefield Roanoke Va spoke at Concord College ninth annual Business Advisory Committee meeting on public relations. He said good PR reflects a company’s character and urged authenticity. Dr Armbrister presided with welcome by Jeff Gillespie and Virgil H Stewart responding.

Bluefield South Dunn Appalachian Power Co Roanoke Concord College Business Advisory Committee Dunn Cloyd P. Armbrister Division of Business Concord College Athens Jeff Gillespie Appalachian Appalachian Auditorium Virgil H. Stewart Armbrister J. P. Gills Luke Essie Bailey Princeton Bank and Trust Co John Shott Whis-Tv Gillespie Richard Wood John Minnigen Dr. Stewart Lon Rish Otey, Gills Dewey Bailey A. O

Woman's Club States Officer Installation in Gauley Bridge

Gauley Bridge Woman's Club will install officers at a 6 p.m. May 28 covered dish dinner at Mrs Carroll Miller's home. Officers include Miriam Parsley as president Betty Kania as vice president Elaine Thomas secretary Emma Jones treasurer and Betty McKinney publicity chair. The event honors husbands. Norma Jordan and Anna Clark organize the dinner.

Gauley Bridge RNS Gauley Bridge Woman's Club Carroll Miller Norma Jordan Anna Clark Miriam Parsley Betty Kania Elaine Thomas Emma Jones Betty McKinney Gertie Combs Louise Grimmitt Willis Winebrenner Bdilaine Thomas Boy Scout Troop J. C. Carson Harry Walker Jr Wil Mary Ayers Mary Carson Kania Norme Jordan Anne Clark Pat Abshire Patsy Caldwell Kim Com

Circle Holds Meet At Oceana Methodist Church

Circle No 2 of the Women s Society of Christian Service met at the Oceana Methodist Church Thursday evening with Pauline Mayhew presenting What ere the Gift May Be. Ruth Atwell led a devotional, Wanna Cook chaired the business, and officers’ election was announced for the second Thursday in May. Hostesses Mrs Maxine Barrett and Mrs Arthur Bostic served refreshments. attendees listed include Ruth Atwell Phyllis Roberts Drewey Mitchell Pauline Mayhew Ray Shannon and Wanna Cook.

Oceana RNS Pauline Mayhew Circle No. 2 Women's Society of Christian Service Oceana Methodist Church Ruth Atwell Spiritual Life Wanna Cook Circle Maxine Barrett Arthur Bostic Phyllis Roberts Drewey Mitchell Ray Shannon

Sawyers Visit Washington D C and Maryland Relatives

Visiting in Washington D C are Mr and Mrs B A Sawyers and son Gary who will call on the Rev and Mrs E K Sawyers Deale Md and Mrs Irvin Long and family Damascus Md Also mentioned is a note that diaper service has grown rapidly in the US in the last quarter century reflecting a broader service industry trend.

United States

FASTEETH promises secure comfortable dentures

An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH for immediate denture stabilization. It claims the powder keeps plates firmer and more comfortable, with no nauseating aftertaste, and notes the product is alkaline and paste free. It urges readers to buy FASTEETH at drug counters.

Community Notes From Oceana and Surroundings

Sunday visits and family gatherings dominate the Oceana area with Jerry Ellison Beckley guesting Mr and Mrs Bill Workman and family along with Rev and Mrs Philip Graham. Several locals, including Sharon Cook and Eva Mae Cook, travel between Huntington and Hunting ton for training, employment, and visits as others report health issues and travel.

Jesse Jerry Ellison Beckley Bill Workman Workman Philip Graham Basin Verna Brooks

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Sallie James Jane Hughes Bishop Mary Sowers Richeson Blanche Samuels Wilkins Bannister Reed Altizer Titlow Clyde O. Darlington Coleman Wilkens Taylor Weaver Ruth Clark Graham Ways and Means Thompson Cope Frye Reid Salango Carter Clark Delph Steplowski Williams Eddie M. Withrow Baltimore Richmann W. Birchfield Dr. Yanowski Sycamore Builder's Club Schoels Box III Beckley Newspapers Corporation Cit Brenda K. Kennedy GRHS Glen Rogers High School Darla Canada Betty Tackett Geraldine Man Robbie Tolliver Margaret Ann Polk Janet Richard Almeda Bailey Margaret Alderman Robert Mosely Ronnie Lilly Layman North Johny Myers Walter Hipes Woman’s Club States Washington Oceana Personals Arnold Whitson Jr Rockview James A. Whitson Sharon Cook James Cook St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing Huntington Louisville Our Lady of Peace Hospital M. H. Sluss Sr Marshall College Sonny Gunter Miley Gunter Studen West Virginia Institute of Technology Wilson Cook Jr Jack Casteel Eglin Air Force Base Fla Peggy Cook Wilson Cook Eva Mae Cook Alvin Cook Dale Browning Coal City Mary Browning Wesley Elkins Dollie Wellman Tonawanda N. Y William Schinneman Schinneman Tonawanda Hospital Seng Ym Onyngworthy Brookville Bailey Langworthy
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